linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] BUILD_BUG_ON: make it handle more cases

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Date:	Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:58:36 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:	Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@...ibm.com>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, kvm-ppc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-next@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] BUILD_BUG_ON: make it handle more cases

On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:50:20 am Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Rusty,
> 
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:15:33 +1030 Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > +#ifndef __OPTIMIZE__
> > +#define BUILD_BUG_ON(condition) ((void)sizeof(char[1 - 2*!!(condition)]))
> > +#else
> > +extern int __build_bug_on_failed;
> > +#define BUILD_BUG_ON(condition)					\
> > +	do {							\
> > +		((void)sizeof(char[1 - 2*!!(condition)]));	\
> > +		if (condition) __build_bug_on_failed = 1;	\
> > +	} while(0)
> > +#endif
> > +#define MAYBE_BUILD_BUG_ON(condition) BUILD_BUG_ON(condition)
> > +
> 
> I decided to try this in linux-next, but an x86_64 allmodconfig build
> gave this (gcc 4.4.0):
> 
> ERROR: "__build_bug_on_failed" [drivers/net/virtio_net.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "__build_bug_on_failed" [drivers/block/virtio_blk.ko] undefined!
> 
> I assume that this is caused by the "MAYBE_BUILD_BUG_ON(fbit >= 32)" in
> virtio_has_feature() (in include/linux/virtio_config.h) which is called
> all over the place.  Unfortunately, virtio_has_feature() gets uninlined
> in those two files ...

Huh?  virtio_has_feature does:

	if (__builtin_constant_p(fbit))
		BUILD_BUG_ON(fbit >= 32);
	else
		BUG_ON(fbit >= 32);

So, if it's not a constant, gcc should throw away that first branch.  If it
is, it should optimize it away (and no, these are not real bugs AFAICT).

I did a 4.3.3 allmodconfig with this patch on 64-bit a few days back and all
was fine.  Will try 4.4.0 now.

Thanks,
Rusty.
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